The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-04
Balance of Power between contending

parties.
With supreme wisdom upon this
point they adopt the motto of the
North American Review:
"Tros Tyriusque nihi nullo dlscrim-
inc -gctur."
They know that in every precinct,
county and state, and even In the ma
ton. a comparative few hold the bal
ancc of power between contendiug
parties. To this few they address
themselves.
1t saves time, money, labor, rcspon-
sibility and kazard. They put no
party in the field. They merely work
for their man and their measure
When the political parties arc exhaust.
cd by mutual opposition they como in
and say we are the Prctorian Guard
we will nominate the Emperor To
which ever party will except our man
and our measures comes our compact
phaanx and our decisive influence.
Hence they dictate to all parties.
T. The final danger lies in
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
1t comes as an angel Of light. All
Lut uiNl IiU'USllOu hiC
yelled. What they put forth to the
world under tho guisc of aplatform is
calculated ITO deceive the very elect.
Judged BY the outward seeming of
their platform: They arc the patriots.
They are the temperance men. They
arc the conservators OF liberty. They
are ha,crs of vice.
Their platform and the one adopted
by the Brewers Association bears
strong family likeness to the Austin
Call for the convention to assemble in
this city this week.
Thus Milton represents the arch-fiend
in the guise of heavenly visitor, in
iecting beguilng and booeycd dreams
into the sleeoing brains of Adam and
Eve in Paradise. But when he was
touched by tho point of lthurel's spear
he dropped lis mask and stood erect
in his own defiant and M trous n l.
ture Soscan the touch OF just criticism
reveal all the horrors this spccious doc
umcnt was devised to hide.
Now, with this traffic outlined before
us, what do the opposing host of pro-
hibito on and prohibition say about
it?
1t is difficult 10 decide VIII ch crowd de-
nounces it in the strongest terms. Sem
ator Vest, of Missouri, whose speech is
now being circulated by the anti-pro-
hibi;ionists, and which is Landed to the
sky as an able campaign document.
thus declares his sentiments about the
traffic on the first page of his speech:
hv or Of I
could obliterate the last vestige Of alcoholic
traffic from the face of the earth, | would
do so, so help me God, without one mo-
ment's reflection or meditation. If to-day
could remove from every living being all
the toll and misery which is the result of
the incorporate use of alcoholic liquids,
would esteem 1t the happiest and loftiest
moment of my lile."
You will be surprised to learn that
from such n premise he reads the con-
clusion: Therefore | will vote against
prohibiting this traffic.
From q similar premise all tho anti
prohibition orators reach similar con-
illusions. No prohibtionst in the State
can exceed Attorncy-General Hogg's
denunciation of the saloons.
State Senator Richard Harrison, my
fellow-townsman, whose name appears
Jointly with that OF Hon. Barnett Gibbs
in the private letters sent out over the
State, assured me twice and emphati-
cally, upon the streets OF Waco, that il
could prove to him that prohibition
would prohibit, he would vote for it.
Not doubling the sincerity of his
statement, it follows that his main OBJ
lection to prohibition must be the i'm
practicabilty of enforcing it. But for
that he would vote for it. AS there
are many good men over the State
hating at the same obstacle. 1t is my |
present purpose to give some common
sense reasons 10 prove that
PROHIBITION DOES PROHIBIT
The prevalent doubts upon this sub
ject all disappear before persistent and
intelligent investiR alton, though. in
deed. they are, to some extent, ju t.
fled by the following facts:
l. Confounding Legislative and con-
stitutional prohibition.
3. Some unwise Legislative enact
ments, designed to carry out the man
datory prohibition clauses Of the con-
stitution, U. e., the infamous drug
store laws, which for two years brought |
reproach upon Kansas prohibition.
3. An omission upon the part OF
Legislatures to provide for the removal
of local officers who would not attempt
to enforce the laws.
Where this is remedied by adequate
legislation. the difficulty disappears.
Take the following noted case:
John Foster, Decided in Sep.
VS.. Court U. $.
ct... - K.,a..s 4 Nnvarnhor IN 1894